He once dressed up as Karl Lagerfeld for Halloween, in what we assumed was an affectionate tribute. But it seems that Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli is, in fact, no fan of his fellow fashion designer's signature style.

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In a joint interview with his son, Daniele, for the latest issue of Rankin's
The Hunger
magazine, the pint-sized (more on that later) catwalk legend delivered a shockingly forthright critique of Lagerfeld's look, worthy of the
sharp-tongued Chanel designer
himself:

"Just because you are an artist you don't have to dress like that. Karl Lagerfeld, he looks ridiculous."

Admittedly Lagerfeld's leather-gloved, be-jewelled finger, starched collared look isn't advisable for your average 79-year-old, but we're not convinced that 72-year-old Cavalli can really be described as an aspirational septuagenarian style setter either. A purveyor of what we call 'Sexy Beast' chic, Cavalli is most often spotted in a shirt unbuttoned to the waist, a leather jacket, distressed denim jeans and pointy boots. (So
that's
where Jeremy Clarkson and Simon Cowell get their sartorial inspiration from).

Still, as he says himself, when it comes to matters of style "Confidence is always key", something Cavalli has by the bucketload it seems.

And if you're wondering where this confidence comes from, Cavalli goes to great pains to demonstrate to the interviewer - through the medium of hand puppetry - that just because he is not as tall and handsome as his menswear designer son Daniele ("Nowadays, when the beautiful girls come to the fashion shows, they run to Daniele. All the beautiful girls say to me 'Ah! You are Daniele's daddy! Oh my god, I am so happy to meet you!"), he makes up for it in, ahem,
other
ways.

"Stop it, dad" instructs the mortified Daniele, proving that no matter how fashionable your family tree, no one's safe from an embarrassng dad.